Display-rack



(No Model.)

H. D. WELLS.

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DISPLAY RACK.

Patented June 28,1898.

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4 H. D. WELLS. DISPLAY RACK.

No. 606,610. Patented June 28 1898.

@Xhtmeoow UNITED I I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARLEY-D. WELLS, or SPENCER, wnsr VIRGINIA;

DIS P LAY- RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,610, dated June 28,1898.

Application filed April 22, 1896. Serial No. 588,587. (No model.)

'WVest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Racks;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in display-racks, andmore particularly to an improved device for carrying and dis-v playinggoods-such as carpets, Ate-that are usually wound in rolls.

One of the objects of the invention is to construct a rack or framecapable of carrying a number of bolts of cloth, so that the said boltscan be easily removed and replaced at will.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain securing meansto be inserted within the bolt of goods to be displayed, so

. that there will be no occasion for any loss of material by wear andtear usually occasioned by the employment of a rod or spindle passingtherethrough. I

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction-and incombinations and arrangements of partsmore fully described hereinafter,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof the complete device, showing several racks and the intervening spacealso'c'arrying a series of rolls.

.Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts (1 indicatesrearwardly-extending bars from .the upper portion of the rack, the outeredges of which bear against the wall of a building when the racks arearranged alongside thereof.

The reference-letter 6 indicates a series of section, having heads 0 thepins proper being adapted and so constructed that they will enter eachend of .the bolt of cloth, and these pins are provided withoutwardly-extending projections or points j, adapted to be inserted andrest in the notches 2 when the bolts are within the rack. Suitable holes7a are formed in the uprights for the reception of the pins 71, whereinthey are inserted when there are no bolts to be placed within the rack.

It should be observed that in using this device a number of racks mightbe located along the wall of a building, and as each rack is providedwith a series of notches on each side of the uprights that while onebolt of cloth can be located within the framework of a single rackanothercan be inserted between the space of the first and second racksor framework without the necessity of employing an intermediate rack, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows several racks, a series of them, however, being as a ruleusually employed. When arranged as illustrated in this figure, they are,as will be seen,-located' a distance away from the wall of a buildingand closely connect or bear against each other, as the base of each aswell as the upper cross-bars come in close connection with each other.

The notches in the uprights are so arranged that the distance betweenthem gradually decreases from the bottom upward, so that a large-sizedbolt can be inserted or placed within the lower notches tocounterweightorbalance the rack or frame, so as to firmly hold the samein an upright position.

In case of a large quantity of goods being removed from the lowerorheaviest bolt such bolt is then moved up-a'distance and its space againoccupied by the next largest roll within the rack, so that by a littleattention the rack can be kept constantly balanced and in a steadyupright position without the employment of other fastening means.

It is a well-known fact that certain fabrics cannot be advantageouslyrolled upon a spindle or red, and to avoid this I employ the pins beforementioned, which, while not extending through the length of the roll orbolt, yet they serve as a firm journal or spindle shank for the bolt ofcloth, and at the same time the usual wear and tear of the interior partof the bolt or roll is prevented.

By means of the device herein described a continuous rack can bearranged along the wall of a building, the intervening space between theracks being utilized for the reception of an additional roll or rolls,thereby saving a great amount of space material and consequent expense.

Suitable rollers can be provided for the racks, so that they can beconveniently moved in any direction.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms,constructions, and arrangements of the parts described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do notlimit myself tothe exact construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled toall such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A movable and interchangeable rack consisting of a base the uprightsprovided with notches forming bearings for the carryingpins, saiduprights being united at their upper ends and provided with lateralextensions by which they are held in position when arranged in pairs,the uprights having notches or bearings on their exterior by which theracks when the location thereof is changed to be set in astraight lineare adapted to carry rolls or bolts between them, thus one pair formingthree racks in combination with a headed tapering pin for carrying theroll, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aliix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

HARLEY D. ELLS.

\Vi tnesses:

O. M. DEPUE, M. F. LnwnLLnX.

